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I'm not surprised you couldn't find Luke X-Wing or most of the earlier figures if you started collecting when the Jedi figures came out, as although they were still being produced on ROTJ & Trilogo cards these were in much, much lower quantities than the Jedi figures as I assume Kenner and co thought most kids had the earlier figures already.
I started collecting in 1979 and thankfully got all the early figures except Snaggletooth who was the only figure I never saw for sale anywhere ever! Also only ever saw Greedo and Jawa once and luckily bought them when I saw them.[/quote]
That's what I figured, short packed. Another factor for me was that I didn't get too many figures outwith Xmas and birthdays. The odd one here and there but on the whole it was relying on whatever parents found in stores. They wouldn't have rummaged through racks looking for obscure characters, just grabbed whatever I didn't have and to be fair I never ended up with doubles so someone must have been keeping tabs! Good old Santa.
I'm not surprised you couldn't find Luke X-Wing or most of the earlier figures if you started collecting when the Jedi figures came out, as although they were still being produced on ROTJ & Trilogo cards these were in much, much lower quantities than the Jedi figures as I assume Kenner and co thought most kids had the earlier figures already.
I started collecting in 1979 and thankfully got all the early figures except Snaggletooth who was the only figure I never saw for sale anywhere ever! Also only ever saw Greedo and Jawa once and luckily bought them when I saw them.[/quote]
That's what I figured, short packed. Another factor for me was that I didn't get too many figures outwith Xmas and birthdays. The odd one here and there but on the whole it was relying on whatever parents found in stores. They wouldn't have rummaged through racks looking for obscure characters, just grabbed whatever I didn't have and to be fair I never ended up with doubles so someone must have been keeping tabs! Good old Santa.
